> After Research in Motion beat Wall Street expectations with its quarterly earnings Thursday, co-CEO Jim Balsillie asserted on the company’s earnings call that the upcoming PlayBook 7-inch tablet is way ahead of Apple’s iPad. via [appleinsider.com](http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/12/16/rim_posts_impressive_earnings_co_ceo_says_playbook_way_ahead_of_ipad.html)Apple has sold roughly 8-10 million iPads so far. Probably a lot more now that we’re in the tail end of the Christmas season. RIM has sold how many…

> In the video, a demonstrator from RIM’s Web browser development group shows the comparatively petite PlayBook and the iPad side by side, caches cleared and connected to WiFi. He loads a couple of websites simultaneously on the devices, and the PlayBook completes the load first by a large margin, beating the iPad soundly. via [arstechnica.com](http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/11/rim-shows-off-playbook-administering-web-beatdown-to-ipad.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss)Videos like this remind me of how pathetic Apple used to look doing its famous…

> To sum up, RIM is at risk because its natural market is saturating and many of its customers are considering a switch to other platforms. The company may be able to bumble along in this situation for years before the problem comes to a head, but once a migration away from BlackBerry starts it would be almost impossible to stop. So if the company wants to ensure its survival, it needs to act now. Two steps are needed: > > –The BlackBerry line needs to be given a several fundamental, visionary innovations…

> RIM said it plans to make the BlackBerry PlayBook available to retail outlets and other channels in the U.S. in early 2011. Other international roll-outs are scheduled to take place by the second quarter of next year. Pricing was not announced. via [appleinsider.com](http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/09/27/rim_unveils_7_inch_playbook_tablet_set_to_launch_in_early_2011.html)Am I the only one who finds it curious that none of these upcoming iPad competitors are being open about pricing? What are they…

> “As long as it’s a good-enough product, they should have a > fighting chance,” said Kumar. via [bloomberg.com](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-08-19/rim-said-to-adopt-bmw-crusher-tank-software-for-planned-tablet-computer.html)That’s a bold endorsement if I ever heard one. As long as you make something that’s just good enough not to suck, RIM, you’ll do fine. When is the tech world going to learn that the era of Microsoft is over? Being just good enough isn’t going to cut it in a market dominated by an Apple product. We…